| November 9, 2004 - Chief Bitch-a-lot |
| Dear Friends, I'm normally pretty good with a snappy come-back, but one of my co-workers really got me good the other day. We were about to start a meeting, when my boss, who is Norwegian, wanted to know what precisely African-American meant. Is it a term for blacks born in the U.S. or does it include recent immigrants from Africa? Well, that got explained and we went on with our meeting. But at the end of the meeting, he raised a question regarding the term Native American. So after some discussion one of my colleagues, I'll call him Harvey, said, "I'm part Native American, but only a small portion." And JOHNNYLEEN said, "I am, too, but it's from way back in the 17th or 18th century." One of my colleagues then asked, "Really JOHNNYLEEN? Which tribe was that, the Bitch-a-wee tribe?" Everyone burst out laughing and I have to admit that I found it pretty funny, too. Unfortunately, it left me speechless and I couldn't think of anything to say! The only thing I could come up with was after about 5 hours when everyone was still laughing about it, I said, "Well, you did get me good, I have to admit. It's funny though that it took you 5 years of working here before you could come up with anything clever." LAME! Ah, but dear Friends, it's just so difficult being me these days. You know I got those wonderful free tickets to Germany over Thanksgiving, n'est-ce pas? Well, I got an email from a friend of mine saying I should visit her in Nuernberg. So I have to figure out how to go to Zurich, Nuernberg, and all the other fun things I want to do all in the space of 10 days! Fortunately, Zurich and Nuernberg all lie within a reasonable distance from Kaiserslautern, but one is 4 hours to the south and the other 4 hours to the east! How, oh how, will I ever do it? I think I'll be spending a lot of time on trains. But you know there aren't any direct trains to either city. I'll have to change trains at least once for both of them. Well I just hope I can get it all sorted out. I sent everyone an email asking what their work and study schedules are like so that I can plan it in a way that it won't inconvenience anyone. It would just be so bootilicious to see everyone again. Perhaps I can make them all honoree members of the Bitch-a-wee Nation! You know something? I just don't get invited to enough parties. When I was in school I was constantly invited hither and yon, but these days I don't have much of a social life at all. Frankly, it's starting to get a bit dull going down to the Happy Heifer for steaks on Sunday. The problem, I think, is that I just don't have anyone to hang out with. I see all these people running around with cell phones glued to their ears, but I'm frankly afraid to get one for fear that no one would ever call me! Where I live in the Big City, there are tons of social clubs that one can join, but honestly, by the time I get out of work in the afternoon, I can barely find the time to drag myself to the gym, then have dinner, and watch "Spongebob Squarepants"! Let's face it; work just interferes with everything, doesn't it? And if that's not bad enough, I've discovered that working out has caused my metabolism to increase to the point that I'm drunk after only one or two drinks whereas I used to be able to pack them away without batting an eyelash! Can you believe that? Oh the tragedy of it all! Oh my goodness! I feel like I'm starting to doubt my own fantabulosity! It has to be hateful' ol' work. That's right; let's blame it all on hateful ol' work! Nasty, icky-poo, hateful, fun-depriving ol' work! Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |